New Delhi/Jalandhar, June 25, 2013: Another consignment of 11,000 tents has been sent today to Uttarakhand from Haryana to help the flood effected people. Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda in his meeting with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna at Dehradun recently had said that all necessary help will be provided to Uttarakhand.
Besides a large quantity of relief material, a consignment of 25 thousand blankets has already been sent to Uttarakhand.
Giving this information at Chandigarh, Additional Chief Secretary-cum- Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management, Haryana, Krishna Mohan said that tents have been sent on the specific demand of Uttarakhand Government.
He said that according to the reports received from control room set up by Haryana Government in Chandigarh, out of the total 1044 pilgrims stranded in Uttarakhand, 385 have safely reached their homes today. In addition, the Deputy Commissioner, Ghaziabad has also sent 31 pilgrims back to their homes in Haryana.
Date:
Tuesday, June 25, 2013